About this trial
Efficacy and safety of chidamide in combination with the R-mini CHOP regimen, followed by chidamide plus CD20 monoclonal antibody as maintenance therapy, in elderly patients with newly diagnosed MYC/BCL2 double-expressor DLBCL.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Age ≥ 70 years;
No prior treatment for DLBCL;
Histopathologically confirmed diagnosis (all of the following conditions must be met simultaneously): ① Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, not otherwise specified (DLBCL, NOS), and CD20-positive; ② "MYC/BCL2 double-expressor": Immunohistochemistry (IHC) per WHO criteria: MYC ≥ 40%, and BCL2 ≥ 50%; ③ Non-"double-hit" or "triple-hit" lymphoma;
At least one 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (18FDG)-avid lesion on positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET-CT) according to the 2014 Lugano classification for Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin lymphoma;
Disqualifiers
Central nervous system (CNS) involvement;
Transformed lymphoma, i.e., lymphoma transformed from other lymphoma types such as follicular lymphoma, marginal zone B-cell lymphoma, or chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma; specific subtypes of DLBCL (e.g., primary CNS DLBCL, etc.);
Uncontrolled cardiovascular or cerebrovascular diseases, coagulation disorders, autoimmune diseases, or severe infectious diseases;
History of severe allergic or anaphylactic reactions to humanized or murine monoclonal antibodies, or known sensitivity or allergic reactions to murine products; contraindications to any component of the CHOP regimen or chidamide;
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Chidamide
- Rituximab
- Cyclophosphamide
- Doxorubicin
- Vincristine
- Prednisone
- Chidamide + Rituximab maintenance
Treatment groups
Sponsors and collaborators
Ou Bai, MD/PHD
Lead sponsor
The First Hospital of Jilin University
Sponsor institution